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A Maryland family of four died earlier this month as a result of a car accident while moving across the country. The family, which had decided to make the move to live on the West Coast, was traveling in two separate vehicles to make the trip when the pileup occurred. The 30-year-old father was traveling in a 2010 Ford Mustang while the 28-year-old mother and the couple’s two sons were in a 2007 Toyota Corolla. While on the road, a truck failed to slow down and ploughed into the back

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In yet another violation of the “move over law,” a Maryland State Trooper has been seriously injured while on duty. The accident occurred along Interstate 70 in June however authorities have just recently released the dash camera video of the incident in hopes of educating the public about the dangers of not obeying this relatively new law. The Maryland State Trooper was seriously injured in the accident, which according to the video could have been much worse. The trooper had pulled over another vehicle and was talking to the driver

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A three-vehicle motorcycle and car accident left a 34-year-old Kingman motorcyclist dead and sent a second motorcyclist to the hospital, according to reports. The accident happened in Montgomery County close to the State Road 32 and County Road 775 intersection around 1:00 p.m. Wednesday of last week. The second motorcyclist, a 35-year-old Rockville man was airlifted from the accident scene and taken to an Indianapolis hospital after the accident. The motor vehicle involved in the accident was an SUV and that driver was not injured in the crash. The exact

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When someone is a passenger in a vehicle, that passenger is putting his or her safety in the hands of another, assuming that driver will drive safely and without incident. That was not the case after a car crashed into a tree on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase Village, killing a female passenger and injuring the male driver. The car crashed into the tree a little before noon last Wednesday on the southbound lanes of Maryland State Route 185, also called Connecticut Avenue, near Irving Street, according to Montgomery County

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A child’s cerebral palsy was blamed on doctors in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against Johns Hopkins after a 2010 birth resulted in a delayed C-section, which deprived the unborn child of oxygen. Apparently a Baltimore, Maryland, jury agreed and awarded the family an unprecedented $55 million in damages. Initially, the mother attempted to give birth at home with the services of a midwife, however when the child became caught during delivery, she was rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section. The mother was left waiting for blood tests

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Montgomery County Fire and Rescue responded to a fatal accident last Wednesday around 10:30 p.m. that left one dead and sent four others to the hospital, including one of the injured being sent to a hospital that specializes in treating trauma patients with life-threatening injuries. The car accident occurred on the beltway between the exits of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue. Maryland State Police said in the initial investigation that a passenger vehicle crashed into another vehicle that had been parked on the right hand shoulder of the road. Three

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The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a 33-year-old driver in a garbage truck crossed the center line on Route 36 near Rockville Street around 7:20 a.m. last Thursday and struck a transit bus, injuring the driver and two passengers onboard the bus. The driver of the Peterbilt truck, owned by Western Maryland Waste Systems, was also injured in the truck accident. One of the passengers on the bus was airlifted to the local hospital by a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter, while the truck driver, 70-year-old bus driver and

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A criminal investigation has resulted from a Baltimore, Maryland, multi-vehicle crash in what police are stating was the result of an incidence of road rage. The truck accident happened on southbound Route 295 earlier this month when a 25-year-old driver in a white pick-up truck in the second lane of the highway began driving out of his designated lane and came close to colliding with a passenger vehicle in the first lane. The driver in that vehicle blasted his horn to alert the truck driver that he was crossing into

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We have all seen them. The driver who appears to be in such a hurry that he or she is constantly changing lanes, tailgating and generally acting aggressively to get where he or she is going. Road rage is nothing new on the nation’s highways and byways. And although the term did not enter into the official American lexicon until roughly 20 years ago, it has been in practice for at least as long as the automobile. Montgomery County and Prince George’s County are again promoting the “Smooth Operator” campaign,

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A Baltimore police officer was assisting a stranded motorist on the side of the road last June when the driver of another vehicle lost control of his vehicle and crashed into her patrol car, which in turn struck her sending her over an embankment. The police officer suffered serious injuries in the car accident and has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle, as well as the owner of that vehicle. The 23-year-old driver of the vehicle that crashed into the patrol car was charged with

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